No Bones Lyrics

Lyric discussion by velleities 

Cover art for No Bones lyrics by Yeasayer

This song sounds to me like it's about the fear, and realization, of one's mortality (which makes the pun in the chorus so awesome - make no bones, as in, speaking plainly about something; and defleshing, skeletonizing, decomposing, etc.) The kind of opaque verses allude to feeling uncomfortable in one's body; and "Suppose it's the right time" sounds like kind of a tossed-off, nonchalant, but underneath it all quite frightened and confused acknowledgment that there's no choosing the right time for death. The tone of the music kind of suits such a morbid interpretation though doesn't confirm it.

My Interpretation